ANNAI VELANKANNI COLLEGE Tholayavattam – 629157 Kanyakumari District Tamil Nadu SELF STUDY REPORT (SSR)
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ANNAI VELANKANNI COLLEGE Tholayavattam – 629157 Kanyakumari District Tamil Nadu SELF STUDY REPORT (SSR) May 2016 Submitted to National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) Bangalore – 560 072 [email protected] www. annaicollege.org ANNAI VELANKANNI COLLEGE, THOLAYAVATTAM 2 ANNAI VELANKANNI COLLEGE Tholayavattam – 629157 Kanyakumari District Tamil Nadu SELF STUDY REPORT (SSR) May 2016 Submitted to National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) Bangalore – 560 072 [email protected] www. annaicollege.org ANNAI VELANKANNI COLLEGE, THOLAYAVATTAM 3 CONTENTS Sl. No. Contents Page No. A. Executive Summary 7 B. Profile of the Institution 15 C. Criterion-wise Analytical Report 24 I Curricular Aspects 25 II Teaching-Learning and Evaluation 53 III Research, Consultancy and Extension 86 IV Infrastructure and Learning Resources 158 V Student Support and Progression 180 VI Governance, Leadership and Management 221 VII Innovations and Best Practices 248 D. Evaluative Report of the Departments 254 E. Declaration by the Head of the Institution 370 F. Certificate of Complaince 371 G. Annexure 372 ANNAI VELANKANNI COLLEGE, THOLAYAVATTAM 4 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED AIPMT All India Pre Medical Test AMC Annual Maintenance Contract AVION Annai Velankanni Innovation of New Ideas BOS Board of Studies CESS Centre for Earth Science Studies CPCRI Central Plantation Crops Research Institute CSC Computer Software College CUSAT Cochin University of Science and Technology CYBA Cape Young Scientist Biological Association DST Department of Science and Technology DTP Desktop Printing ECO Ecology IBM International Business Machines Corporation ICT Information and Communications Technology ID Identity Card IIST Indian Institute of Science and Technology IIT Indian Institute of Technology ILL Inter Library Loan ILO International Labour Organisation INFLIBNET Information and Library Network ISDL International School of Dravidian Linguistics JSPS Japan Society for the Promotion of Science NIIST National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology N-LIST National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content NMCC Nesamony Memorial Christian College NME Non Major Elective ANNAI VELANKANNI COLLEGE, THOLAYAVATTAM 5 NPTEL National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning NSS National Service Scheme OBC Other Backward Class PANSA Performing Arts Network of South Africa PG Post Graduate PTA Parent Teachers Association RRC Red Ribbon Club RRL Regional research laboratory SAIF Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility SAVE Social Activities for Village Empowerment SC/ST Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe SCILET Study Centre for Indian Literature in English and Translation SIPCOT State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited SIYB Start and Improve Your Business SPKC Sri Paramakalyani College SPOC Special Person on Contact TASMAC Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation TBGRI Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute TDMNS Tirunelveli Dakshina Mara Nadar Sangam College TNPCB Tamil Nadu State Pollution Control Board TNPSC Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission UG Under Graduate UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply VAO Village Administrative officer VSSC Vikram Sarabhai Space Research centre YMCA Young Men’s Christian Associations YRC Youth Red Cross ANNAI VELANKANNI COLLEGE, THOLAYAVATTAM 6 A. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Annai Velankanni College, Tholayavattam, Kanyakumari District was established in 26. 05. 1987 as a self financing institution affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University. The College is owned by Friends of Kottar Society and administered by Annai Velankanni College Administrative Board. Ever since its inception, Annai Velankanni College has been rendering great service to the local populace in the area of Higher Education without any discrimination on the basis of religion, caste and community. When Manonmaniam Sundaranar University came into being on 07.09.1990 as a teaching and affiliating University comprising the Colleges of Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari Districts, our College also became affiliated to it. Our College is a co-educational institution offering graduate, post graduate and M.Phil programmes in Arts, Science and Commerce disciplines. The College now offers ten UG programmes, eight PG programmes and five M.Phil programmes in various disciplines. CRITERION I: Curricular Aspects We aim at enlightening and empowering the youth of the region by providing programmes relevant to the local needs so that they can seek better employment. As an affiliated College, the College follows the curriculum framed by the affiliating University. The faculty of the College serve as members of academic bodies such as Board of Studies and contribute to the development of the curriculum by the University. The departments of the College provide necessary inputs to the development of the curriculum by the University, based on what they infer from the feedbacks on curriculum. The introduction of Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) in the academic year 2008-2009 offers some extent of academic flexibility. Our University syllabus comprises Core, Allied, Skill Based and Non-Major Electives and value oriented subjects. The Allied, Skill Based and Non-Major Electives and value oriented subjects allow the students to learn and accumulate knowledge from outside their chosen field of study. Elective option is available for both the U.G. and the P.G. students. Non-major electives have been offered in modular form from 2009-2012 for the U.G. second year students. Separate papers on ‘Environmental Studies’, ‘Social Value Education’, and ‘Personality Development’ are offered compulsorily to the U.G. students in the first, second and fifth semesters respectively. The College provides its own add-on courses for the students, the curricula for which are designed by the College. The College ensures effective implementation of the curriculum by carrying out various activities. Industry-institute interaction is encouraged for effective operationalisation of the curriculum. The faculty are given periodical orientation programmes on curricular aspects. ANNAI VELANKANNI COLLEGE, THOLAYAVATTAM 7 To integrate the academic programmes and goal of the Institution, our College has taken several initiatives to supplement the curriculum. Departments and various Committees take efforts to conduct programmes such as recent developments/emerging trends, career guidance programmes, gender issues, environmental issues, employability and life skill classes, extension activities, skill development programmes and enrichment programmes. Criterion II: Teaching-Learning and Evaluation Vast majority of the people living in this part of the district in which the College is situated, hail from poor socioeconomic background. Not only they are mostly from backward communities, they are invariably first generation graduates. The presence of this College in this region is a great boon to them educationally. The College draws pride in admitting, teaching and serving them. Students are admitted on merit cum means basis. The College extends wide publicity in a planned manner through advertisements in News Papers, College Prospectus and Billboards. The admission process is handled by the Admission Committee headed by the Principal. A lot of the students admitted are from economically weaker and disadvantaged sections of the society. Taking into account, the backgrounds of our students, the College makes it a point to support their studies economically, by ensuring that the existing government scholarships are availed by all the eligible students. The Management also supports the students who are genuinely in need of financial help. Bridge courses at the beginning of the Under Graduate Programmes are conducted to make the students cope with the requirements of a Higher Educational Institution. Bridge course classes cover basics of their respective subjects, basics of English Language and basics of computer literacy. At the end of the bridge course, an entry level test is conducted to assess the knowledge level of the students and address their needs. The teaching, learning and evaluation schedules are organized through the College Handbook, Department Annual Plan and the Course file. The faculty are provided with orientation programmes to ensure there is continuous improvement in the teaching learning process. There are sufficient opportunities available to the students to make learning a student centric process and the College puts up continuous efforts to make student centric learning process more prevalent and be fruitful. Opportunities are provided to the students to nurture critical thinking, creativity, scientific temper, to expose them to advanced level of knowledge and to make them life-long learners. Improvement in the quality of the teachers makes improvement in the teaching learning processes. So efforts are on to develop the teaching skills as well as subject expertise of the teachers. ANNAI VELANKANNI COLLEGE, THOLAYAVATTAM 8 Criterion III: Research, Consultancy and Extension To address the issues connected with research, the College has a Research Committee. The Research Committee takes efforts to publish an annual ISSN numbered multi-disciplinary research journal. All the departments organize conferences/seminars/symposia in emerging trends of their respective areas. Faculty and students are encouraged to present papers in seminars/publish papers in research journals. The College has no recognised research centre.